Links

Some useful links

• astronomyevents.ch: calendar of astronomical events in Switzerland

• Swiss Commission for Astronomy (SCFA)
• Swiss Commission on Space Research
• Swiss Academy of Sciences (sc|nat)
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

• Astronomy Institutes in Switzerland
• Swiss Astronomical Society (SAG/SAS)
• Swiss Society of Mathematics and Physics teachers (VSMP/SSPMP)

• International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• European Astronomical Society (EAS)

• European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• European Space Agency (ESA)

• Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A)
  
• International Astronomy Meetings

Resources for astronomy teaching

Multi-functional  websites (Material, exercises etc.):

• European Hands-On Universe: Astronomy at school (with software, exercises, forum etc.)
• Galileo Teacher Training Program

Exercises:

• ESO/ESA exercises
• Hubble: 15 years of discovery

Free Software, suitable for educational puroposes:

• Celestia (English version: main page)
• Stellarium (main page)

Numerous other resources are available via the Swiss Education Server:

• EDUCA Switzerland
• EDUCA Switzerland: special astronomy page (German, French, Italian)

Other websites:

• Swiss Society of Mathematics and Physics Teachers and its commissions: Commission Romande de Physique, Deutschschweizerische Physikkommission
• Journal “Communicating Astronomy with the Public”
• Portal to the Universe